Save Darfur!!!

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<p>are people aware that there is a massive genocide going on in darfur, sudan as we speak (and as we bittch and complain about college shiit?).</p>

<p>if you've seen the horrifying and heart-wrenching movie Hotel Rwanda (which i HIGHLY reccomend seeing if you havenjt), then you must be aware that something just like that is going on in darfur right now. its sickening.</p>

<p>*donate money
*buy a wristband
*raise awareness
*write to your local congressperson or the president himself
*DO SOMETHING... at least go to a website and learn about what's going on</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>but im worried about college</p>

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<p>Yeah I'm always pretty disgusted when I think about all thats going on and most of my friends/ other people in the US are blithely going on without even realizing or caring whats happening. I helped to raise a couple thousand at my school selling ribbons, but theres so much more to be done.</p>

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<p>Honey I've been to Sudan and there's nothing that will help. You go down there to try and help anyone and they will shoot you in an instant</p>

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<p>That doesn't mean that people should give up help... What kind of attitude is that? :)
and this is apparently your country...
everyone can make a difference</p>

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<p>First of all, the genocide in Darfur has been going on for quite a while now, it's not something that just caught the world's attention because Ryan Gosling decided to wear a shirt baring its name to the MTV movie awards(i'm not directing this at you hilary6)
and secondly Hotel Rwanda(i have seen it) while very moving and powerful did not accurately depict the Rwanda genocide. That film is not sufficent enough to understand the exhaustive history behind the Rwanda Genocide, and just because both countries are in Africa does not automatically link the two genocides together. I don't understand how seeing Hotel Rwanda would make someone aware of the Darfur Genocide. The cause of the conflicts are very different, how it is carried out also varies greatly. Hotel Rwanda the film does not correlate to this genocide.</p>

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<p>It annoys me that it takes media attention for people to notice these things. I hardly doubt Sudan is the only place facing genocide.</p>

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<p>why dont we all promote a massive "peace in america" movement instead of some foreign country.</p>

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<p>it is strange how we love to run to every other country in the world, but our own country has violence and hatred and we just watch it</p>

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<p>exactly dude! I dont get it</p>

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<p>I mean even not just America, but right in our own cities (at least my city). I mean I live in columbus, Ohio, and the poverty in the downtown area is a big problem. It's like before you can help others you have to help yourself</p>

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<p>Ugh.
.....</p>

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<p>To compare any problems our country has internally to those in Darfur is simply ignorant. The Sudanese regime is literally wiping out an entire group of people based on ethnicity. Poverty in this country sucks, but even that is rather mild in the scope of poverty on a worldwide scale. The average poor family in this country has a roof to live under, heat in the winter, access to food, a color TV, etc. The lucky ones in Darfur, the ones who escaped the genocide as refugees, would consider the American poor to be incredibly lucky.</p>

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<p>What about what's going on in Northern Uganda? Starvation in Ethiopia? The people of Somalia are still in chaos, Liberia is still in chaos...... but wait.. darfur is in the news; so it's the only thing that matters.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I agree. Besides, it's not just Darfur... are you aware of what's happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo right as we speak? It's sickening to know that women are being raped and murdered... a genocide is taking place..... AS WE SPEAK.
Somalia, as Corey said, is also a HUUGE problem. It's the only country in the world that doesn't have a government! Do you know what that means?!
Merely thinking about these issues upsets me... and the feeling of helplessness annoys me even more.</p>

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Yeah, I agree. Besides, it's not just Darfur... are you aware of what's happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo right as we speak? It's sickening to know that women are being raped and murdered... a genocide is taking place..... AS WE SPEAK.
Somalia, as Corey said, is also a HUUGE problem. It's the only country in the world that doesn't have a government! Do you know what that means?!
Merely thinking about these issues upsets me... and the feeling of helplessness annoys me even more.

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<p>Ahh yes, Congo, I just read about it in The Economist I think it was; I forgot to mention that on my post. But yes; there are OTHER things going on that are far more out of proportion, for lack of better wording, than the genocide in Sudan. I'm not saying that we shouldn't support the end to it; but it is getting the support it needs, why not try to support other less known to the public genocides so they can get the help they need as well.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I agree with you, I'm just disillusioned by the amount of crises going on in the world at the moment. I can't help but feel the situation's hopeless...</p>

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<p>its exactly like how it was said in hotel Rwanda..."I think if people see this footage, they'll say Oh, my God, that's horrible. And then they'll go on eating their dinners." People express concern but don't act on it...
what the UN does is so ineffective, and the US and countries who are similar don't do anything... because there is nothing to gain</p>

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<p>we would only be there if we still needed ivory.</p>

<p>understand that all war is for money, and nothing more. :) until you understand that, you won't understand anything.</p>

<p>btw, a lot of stuff in SUdan is all muslims throwing a current down the country. the christians are quite nice.</p>

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<p>and then there's Iraq........</p>